A son, Mason Chad Jurgens, was born June 15, 2011, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen to Jennifer and Chad Jurgens of Bath. Grandparents are Jim and Tracy Thares and Larry and Kaye Jurgens, all of Aberdeen. Great-grandparents are Louie and Helen Thares of Aberdeen, Ken and Dolores Foley of Sioux Falls and Ken and Ronna Weber of Ipswich.

Erica Josephine Groft A daughter, Erica Josephine Groft, was born March 26, 2008, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital to Amber and Charles Groft of Redfield. Grandparents are Barb and Bob Sterud of Vermillion, Richard and Nila Groft of Redfield and the late Mark Holm. Great-grandparents are Ken and Deloris Avery of Redfield.

Aleyah Grace Bauchspiess A daughter, Aleyah Grace Bauchspiess, was born Dec. 16, 2007, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital to Jennifer and David Bauchspiess of Aberdeen. Grandparents are Ken and Lynette Even of Rapid City and Carl and Arlene Bauchspiess of Youngstown, Ohio.

Dawsyn Ray Dinger A son, Dawsyn Ray Dinger, was born Oct. 31, 2008, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital to Jessica Pasteur and Mason Dinger of Bath. Grandparents are Karla Pasteur of Groton, Greg and Jenn Pasteur of Denver and Ken and Leslie Dinger of Bath. Births

Primrose Retirement Communities will add 11,000 square feet of office space to its headquarters at 815 N. Second St., doubling the size of the facility. Jim Thares, founder and CEO of Primrose, told me that the expansion is needed because of the growth of the company. Primrose has independent and assisted-living facilities in 15 states. There are 28 facilities now with two under construction and a third to be built soon. The two-story addition will blend nicely with the current facility and in fact will be a mirror image of it, Thares said.

What products or services do you offer? A. Lynn Arment: Wheel alignment, shocks and struts, brake service, air conditioning, fluid changes, tune-ups, frame straightening and all general auto repair. We are constantly updating our equipment and expanding our services to make Ken's Alignment a one-stop automotive repair shop. Tell us about your history. A. Ken's Alignment was opened by Ken and Bernice Arment in 1967. Lynn Arment started working as a technician for his father.

Ken's SuperFair Foods is going to expand into the Super City Mall by taking over a 12-by-45-foot space on the south side of the mall. The expansion will be for new offices, a conference room, employee training room and a secured firearm storage area. The wall that separated Ken's and the mall will be opened up to connect the offices to the store. Previously that mall space housed the Habitat for Humanity office and two empty offices. Habitat for Humanity relocated to the Homes Are Possible Inc. office on South Main Street earlier this year.

Webster, Minn.: Ken Mueller, 50, of Webster, Minn., passed away suddenly at his home April 8, 2013. He leaves to mourn his wife, Robin (Hammer); daughter, Elyce; and son, Alex. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Prior Lake, Minn., the church in which Ken and Robin were married in. Arrangements by whitefuneralhomes.com.

Ken and Kevin Fiedler and Paul Vetch of Ken's Super Fair Foods were honored at the Affiliated Foods Midwest Fall Food Show in Omaha, Neb., on Sept. 21. They received the Pinnacle Achievement Award for growth and performance during the 2011-12 fiscal year, according to a news release. Ken Fiedler also was recognized with a Spirit of AFM award for his promoting Affiliated Foods Midwest. Affiliated Foods Midwest is a member-owned cooperative providing independent grocers with a full range of foods, supermarket supplies and services.